Heavy Metal...and softball? 2006-09-29 by Thor | 17 Comments | It will be bands vs. crew this Monday, October 2 when Gigantour takes a break in Norfolk, VA for a friendly softball game. The game is taking place at Norfolk, Virginia's Harbor Park minor league baseball stadium (150 Park Avenue) on a day off for the fast and furious traveling festival, which kicked off in early September and wraps October 8.
The 4:00 p.m. game is open to the public and is free to any fan bringing food donations. All food will be donated to the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia, which is a warehouse or "bank" where recovered and donated food is collected, sorted and distributed to over 600 agencies. "This is an easy way for us to give something back to the community," says MEGADETH frontman and Gigantour creator Dave Mustaine, "and last year's game was a lot of fun. This year, we wanted to do it bigger, in a proper stadium with dugouts and everything. And letting fans and neighbors in on it, for charity, really raises the stakes. The roadies think they're going to pound us, but they've never seen some of these drummers swing a bat."
Headlined by MEGADETH and also featuring LAMB OF GOD, OPETH, ARCH ENEMY, OVERKILL, INTO ETERNITY, SANCTITY and THE SMASHUP, Gigantour is a multi-act, two-stage festival that first launched last year.
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Heh. Just the prospect of heavy metal-ers playing softball makes me chuckle with a smile.
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Hahahaha, i'd love to see this.
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They should Televise that, It'd be great :P
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I live fifteen minutes away from Harbor Park, but I hate all these bands so I'm not going.
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It's not like they're playing any music or anything.
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I bet Mikael Akerfeldt would make a beastly pitcher.
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Alice Cooper came to my dad's radio station last year, and everyone played softball with him.
:P
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fuck I would want to see that
not because I like baseball
but because I like megadeth and Opeth
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Please post the results
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i strongly dislkike those bands but i would still go see them play baseball plus its for a good cause.
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I live fifteen minutes away from Harbor Park, but I hate all these bands so I'm not going.
Do you also hate starving children! CAUSE THAT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME!
...But anyways I'd go just to see the members of Megadeth up close.
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This warms my heart.
...I bet Dave Mustaine gets ejected from the game for like attacking the pitcher, or something.
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lol el_goodo i was thinking thaty myself.
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I've never seen dave mustaine run.
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It's going to be funny to see some of these rockstars participate in athletics. But seriously, this is a really good thing.
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"Do you also hate starving children! CAUSE THAT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME!"
lol yes, it builds character. just kidding. I drove by their today and contemplated going, but i still didn't. I donate food to that organization alot anyway, because my school always holds food drives for them.
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I would go to see Opeth. Arch Enemy would be interesting.
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